I would think that as a general rule brass is probably not the best medium through which to create someone’s portrait.
Additionally, I would add another rule of thumb: In the event you decide to use brass as your medium to create someone’s portrait, it will probably not look very nice as adornment for a bellows.
Disapproving bellows woman disapproves of my shenanigans.
Erin's Got a Screw Loose 
I see your point perhaps oil and canvas would have been better unless……. Maybe she was ugly any way
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I’d hope the artist would’ve wanted to take some “creative license”… but maybe he did?
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You’d look disapproving, too, if your portrait was done on a brass bellows. That’s probably the look she gave when she found out what the final.piece would be done on.
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“Gladys and Ethel have their portraits done on oil and canvas. I get mine on a brass bellows. I’m going to be the laughingstock of the entire bridge club!”
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Stupid snobs at the bridge club.
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I think you might be right!
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